here, you men and women have a job, you didn't have a position. okay. another thing you tell the president and even you, sir, you can put a steering wheel on the american people. >> after skirts bermuda, hurricane bill closes in on new england's coast. we'll tell you what to expect. u.s. outrage over scott land's release of a lockerbie bomber. robert mueller says it's a mockery of the law. you are in the cnn newsroom. showing a little weaker after blowing past bermuda but churning up enough surf and wind as bill swings towards the new england coast warnings are being

posted. in canada people are being warned to take this storm seriously. >> i want to make it clear that this has the potential to be a very significant weather event. people should not take it lightly. they should be properly prepared. >> passengers should expect delays, especially on sunday, and the thing that we're recommending for them to do is just stay in touch via the web. and jacqui jeras, nova scotia is right in the path they could be hit by this storm. >> reporter: we're feeling pretty decent impacts especially being the weekend and people wanting to head to the beach. we have incredible wave action taking place. the storm will get close enough where we'll get tropical storm force winds in massachusetts. bill is still a very powerful storm. down to a category 2 but not by

all that much. you have to have 111 miles per hour to be a category 3. so it's a very significant storm. you can see the storm moves up to the north, starting to interact a little bit with some of the land areas and we're also starting to see that sheer taking place from our cold front. you can see it back there. that's what's keeping bill away from the united states and not giving us that direct impact. here's the latest on the projected path. we expect it to say pretty strong over the next 12 plus hours but gradual weakening at it turns to northeast. there you can see nova scotia and how close that storm could get and maybe making landfall. that will happen tomorrow morning maybe mid-dayish. the closest approach to the united states will be overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning and tropical storm warnings have been posted for the cape, including nantucket and martha's vineyard as well. let's go ahead and show you a picture.

this is from hurricanetrack.com. this is from nags head, north carolina. you can see the surf and waves coming in. breakers are eight to 10 feet in that area so that's very significant and really these strong waves and the high threat of rip currents is the number one threat to the united states because of bill, we're also going to be seeing some strong thunderstorms with that cold front. you can start to see some of those outer bans make their way towards the coast and severe weather across parts of virginia and maryland. drew, back to you. >> thanks a lot. we're going to go to susan candiotti on the beach. what are the conditions out there? [ inaudible ] >> reporter: the water is warmer down there than it is up here. what you're struck by in chatham

is all these people standing around and looking and that's because this is a protected beach. usually it's protected from the high waves by the outer islands but not this day. not with hurricane bill churning around, far out at sea. also notice how foggy it is. you can barely see out there. even though surfers wanted to go out they can't because it's too hard to see. swimming has been forbidden all day long so is wind surfing. bob was back 18 years ago >> it was a horrendous storm. this is like half of what you'll see or maybe what it was really like then. >> but the main concern, now, of course, those dangerous rip currents, the pounding surf, et cetera, and that's why swimming isn't allowed.

this is a rarity too. >> yes, it is a rarity this time the year to have something like this coming into town. we lost the other half of the family. they couldn't come in because of the water. >> have to be really careful. >> i was telling you don't stand with your back to the water because the waves will come in. >> good warning to keep in mind. over here, naturally people are here vacationing including these kids who live -- where do you kids live? >> fairfield, connecticut. you're red sox fans. you just arrived for vacation yesterday? >> yes. >> now this you can go into the water. what do you think about that >> i think it's a good idea because of the rip tides and stuff. it looks pretty unsafe. i think it's good they are doing that. people probably will drown and get hurt if it happens. >> reporter: you are here for the whole week so looks like you will be able to salvage -- >> hope it passes so we can go

swimming. >> reporter: do you know what to do if you got caught in a rip tide? >> well, our parents have been strongly cautious, informing us about rip tides what to do if we get caught in the currents. we're avoiding the water although it's a dumper on our vacation. >> reporter: hopefully it won't last too long. thank you very much. so, again, the warnings are out. no swimming. they advised boaters to stay in safe harbor until the storm passes. worse of it 9:00 tonight no the we hours of the morning. back to you. >> on the korean peninsula new signs of frosty relations between the north and assault may be thawing. south korean president is meeting with a delegation to meet with north korea to mourn the death of kim il jong. there was the first cross border meeting in nearly two years.

one of muammar qaddafi's son said it was linked to britain's interest in oil reserves. the bomber is back home in libya after getting a hero's welcome. these pictures of his welcome home is helping to fuel outrage in the united states. now a flat denial from former british prime minister tony blair in an exclusive interview with cnn blair said no deals were made with libya to arrange this man's release. >> let me make one thing absolutely clear, the libya were raising the case all along not just with me but with everybody. it was a major national concern for them. as i used to say to them, i mean i don't have the power to release this guy and the release that has taken place was a

decision by the scottish executive and based on compassionate grounds. so, yes, it's right, the libyans are raising this issue but we made it clear the only way to have this dealt with is through proper procedures. >> so the deal for the oil and gas deal have nothing to do -- >> how could it? i wasn't in a position he should be released. that's not the way the british system works. and the release of abdel baset mohammed al megrahi, as i understand it, has been done by the scottish executive, not myself but my successor has no influence over on compassionate grounds applying the normal rules to the abdel baset mohammed al megrahi case. i think it's confusion of two separate things. the libyans always raised it.

it's good we have a situation today in which libya has come back in from the cold into the community of nations. >> the convicted bomber has terminal cancer, it's believed he only has a short time to live. he had been serving a life sentence. from fbi director robert mueller a scathing letter to scottish minister for releasing this bomber. your action makes a mockery of the rule of law. your action gives comfort to terrorists around the world. before he was fbi director mueller was a justice department lawyer who led an investigation into the pan am bombing. 270 people died in the december 1988 bombing over lockerbie, scotland. many were americans. here's a look back on a report filed that day 21 years ago by then cnn correspondent.

with the first gleam of daylight over scotland, the searchers were out. volunteers scanning the hills on foot for the bodies of dozens of victims strewn along the landscape in a four mile swath. the suitcases full of things no longer needed left until later. three miles from town across the road from a country church yard, the flight deck from which no sos was ever heard. another three miles back we found just before dawn a piece of the forward fuselage and a litter of packages, mail sacks and a shattered christmas present. in lockerbie they now could see the search for their own ok

casualties and there was comfort of a list of the living from afflicted neighborhoods. while many here are mourning, many others are giving thanks for narrow escapes. but it will be a sad christmas in this town. richard blystone, lockerbie. >> president obama lashes out at some opponents of health care reform claiming they are spreading outrageous myths to benefit themselves. was it really for fun, or to save money on heat? why? don't you think nordic tuesday is fun? oh no, it's fun... you know, if you are trying to cut costs, fedex can help. we've got express options, fast ground and freight service-- you can save money and keep the heat on. great idea. that is a great idea. well, if nordic tuesday wasn't so much fun. (announcer) we understand. you need to save money. fedex you need to save money. car insurance company in the nation. but, it's not like we're kicking back, now, havin' a cuppa tea.

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august is possibly make or break month for health care reform in the rhetoric teaming up today in his weekly address president obama blasted efforts to spread what he called outrageous myths about reform plans. cnn goes live to the white house and elane what specifically is the president upset about? >> the administration is calling myths about health care reform. in his weekly radio and internet address he claims illegal immigrants won't be covered. taxpayer dollars won't go to fund abortions. he said his administration is not planning a government takeover of the health care system. the president noted there's been vigorous debate about health care so far but says that not all it has been truthful. >> this is an issue of vital

concern to every american and i'm glad that some are engaged. but it also should be an honest debate not one dominated by willful misrepresentations and outright distortions, spread by the very folks who would benefit the most by keeping things exactly as they are. >> and the president also pushed back against the notion of so-called death panels an idea that former alaskan governor sarah palin mentioned on her facebook page. president obama called that notion offensive to him and the american people. drew? >> that portion of the bill is now out, supposedly. how are republicans responding to this? one person's outrageous myth is another person's legitimate concern. >> reporter: republicans in their weekly address said the president wasn't being straight about his proposal. here's gop congressman tom price from georgia. >> his opposition to the democrats government run plan is mounting the president said he would like to stamp out some of

the disinformation floating around out there. the problem is the president himself plays fast and loose with facts. >> reporter: congressman price continued the gop line of attack against the idea of a government run health care system. he argued that people may not get to keep their plan or their doctor if the president's proposal becomes a reality. >> elane, thanks a lot. if you want to know more about the health care debate and how the reforms could affect you, check out the special health care website on cnn. you can get the latest from town hall debates, and other health care news, go to cnn.com/healthca cnn.com/healthcare. there's a lot of misinformation about health care reform. we'll separate fact from fiction and answer your health care questions in the next hour. josh, what kind of questions are we getting? >> reporter: really interesting ones. we're talking to our guests,

fact checkers along with our truth squads. here's some examples. this is interesting. britney is asking us about what kind of coverage for mental illnesses in the health care bill and as you've been explaining we don't have one final bill but we're looking at various pieces of legislation. ryan is asking us here is there a chance for reimbursement for primary care physicians. a lot of specific questions. let me show you how to weigh in. this is the easiest way. cnn.com/josh. one section on there where we have 600 questions. also posted a new one today. facebook and twitter. they are coming in like crazy. drew i'll be with you throughout thundershower. we'll also have people from political fact.com and nonpartisan sites. we want to get you as many answers as possible. we're committed to doing that. >> you want to know why this is

so hard, this is still a moving target. we don't know what the bill is. you get the health care packages every year from your company trying to pick one that says we might have this, we might have that. >> the fact checkers, very often we have to stop and say a lot of this is predictive. we have groups saying if we go down this road eventually the government will do the following thing. all we can look at right now is what do we know and that's what we'll focus on. >> checking our top stories, potentially dangerous storm is heading towards new england and canada. hurricane bill. flooded roads closed the airport in bermuda now headed north. tropical storm warning in effect for massachusetts coast. in canada it is a hurricane warning that's in effect for parts of nova scotia. several buildings are in ruins after a riot last night at a kentucky prison. inmates were throwing rocks and setting fires.

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as we've been covering throughout the month, supporters and opponents of health care reform are voicing their concerns loud and clear. there's a freshman congressman that's hosted a series of these town halls. we go life to alberta, virginia. kate, what are your hearing? >> reporter: this town hall held by congressman has just wrapped up. can you see him still behind us

taking more questions, more people following up. this was already a very, pretty lengthy town hall, just over 2 1/2 hours. i would say from what i could see about 40 people at this town hall and a majority of them stood up to ask questions. now the congressman himself, he's a freshman democrat in a conservative district here in southern virginia. he won this district by a very small margin over a republican incumbent. i have to tell you he definitely heard from conservative voters today. as we listened you could hear people standing up to say things that we heard, similar concerns that we heard at other town halls throughout the country, growing government and with health care reform people are afraid it will lead to the government taking over the health care system. also heard several times people talking about their concerns how congress proposes to pay for health care reform. many people say they are fearful as they watch the deficit to grow and what it means for generations to come.

the congressman said throughout this town hall he said he's listening to their concerns. listen here. >> i don't think we've hit those targets yet. if we do that then i'm ready to move forward. i think about my brother, he's a high school coach and teacher, got four kids, he and his wife living the american dream, barely getting by. their health care costs larger than their mortgage. that's the sort of family i have in mind when i think about whether this will bring things down or not. >> reporter: now the congressman, as you heard, he did say right now he's a no vote for the health care reform bills that are out, there the house version of the bill right now. he's hoping to get to a point where he's a yes vote, drew, but he said that's going to take some work. at this town hall he heard from some supporters of health care reform. one man in particular said he's currently uninsured and said very simply and passionately

that he and others have waited too long, far too long for health care reform and he went as far to push the congressman hoping that the congressman as well as democratic leaders would move ahead pushing forward on the health care reform without bipartisan support. he said you need to go it alone. >> thank you very much as we wait to see which way the conman will vote. >> in maryland when you register a vehicle $11 goes to help fund the maryland emergency medical system. what do drivers of maryland get for those $11. our to journalist follows the money for our health care in focus series. >> reporter: in 1970 the maryland state police aviation command performed the first civilian medevac ever, transporting over 300,000 patients on our helicopters in the past 30 years.

>> i was involved in a head-on collision, person coming in the other direction. apparently fell asleep or was otherwise distracted and crossed the centerline. >> about 8,000 missions. of those 8,000 missions about 5,000 are medevac missions. we can get a patient within 25 minutes, we have over 90% chance of guesting that patient to a trauma center within what we call the golden hour. >> i wouldn't be here right now if i hadn't been flown out. this is the emergency medical resource center. this is the hub where calls come to when a helicopter is requested. >> maryland has the best medevac system in the world. there are people who come from

other countries to see what maryland has done. >> i never got a bill for the helicopter ride. it's an amazing thing. in our system, we don't charge any patients for transport. it's paid for by a surcharge on vehicle registrations. >> we have a system that works. we have choppers that take people no matter -- it's not a question of who is injured, not a question whether the person is a child, an adult, good guy, bad guy, cop or a crook. here's a person in need we need get them care. that's what a society ought to be doing. >> health care reform proposals continue to cause confusion and stir debate. what your health care questions or concerns? send us your questions on facebook or our blog at cnn.com/newsroom. then tune in today at 4:00 eastern where our panel of guests will separate fact from

fiction in this muddled health care debate. it could be weeks before we know the winner in afghanistan's presidential election. today the vote count is going on and there's word of retaliation by taliban against afghans who did go the votes. a vote monitoring group said the taliban sliced off the index fingers of at least two people in kandahar province. we have the latest from kabul. >> reporter: it has only been two days since afghans headed to the poll for its second ever presidential elections but already two candidates claiming that they are in the lead. they both state they are the ones who have gotten the majority of the vote so far. let's listen to what dr. abdullah had to say. >> shouldn't confuse your viewers, i'm not claiming victory but i'm saying all the preliminary results which we've received so far, it's in my favor, puts me in the lead.

we need to have the full picture and also the final results will be announced. >> president karzai's campaign also stating that they are the ones with the majority of the votes but will respect whatever the independent election commission results will be. >> regardless of who the winner s once again we believe it was a huge success, the election in the south and we will respect the result of the election, whatever candidate is the winner, but our own assumption, based on all what we have heard and received and what we have seen so far, we're well ahead in the elections. >> respecting the iec results is exactly what everyone has been asking for from the international community to the afghan community. many afraid of post-election violence when results are expected to be finalized on september 17th. all campaigns here have garnered a lot of support, thousands to tens of thousands of people showing up at different rallies and at the moment everyone asking these candidates to make

sure they speak to their supporters that if they do demonstrate, the demonstrations are done peacefully. >> starting september 7th, anderson cooper is taking you inside afghanistan. he'll be live from the battle zone there. a c360 special report starting september 7th only on cnn. iraq's foreign minister warns of a bigger and more powerful attack in baghdad's future much he said wednesday's blast that killed more than 100 people may be a sign of things to come if the government doesn't shore up its own security lapses. he said the security situation has been deteriorating ever since american troops with drew from cities and towns. he also said the attackers may have had inside help. 11 high ranking security officials from the iraqi army and police have been detained for investigation. muslims around the world celebrating the first day of ramadan today, a month long period of fasting, prayer and

reflection. it's meant to teach patience, modesty and self restraint. president obama taped a message to muslims around the world who observe ramadan. >> on behalf of the american people including muslim communities in all 50 states i want to extend best wishes to muslims in america and around the world. >> not in my backyard is the call many residents from a michigan town reacting to the possibility that some gitmo detainees would be transferred there. this week hundreds of angry residents turned out for an emergency town hall meeting, a prison in the town is closing because of state budget cuts. federal delegation toured that facility to see if they could contain some of the guantanamo detainees there. >> we're all for any other state wanting their prisoners here we don't want the terrorists in our backyard. >> the obama administration has

pledged to close guantanamo complex by 2010 and insists no final decision has been made, though, on putting those detainees somewhere. they don't know where they will go. >> rocks flew, windows shattered during a five hour prison riot in kentucky. this happened last night at the north point training center, a medium security lock up south of lexington. prisoners set fires to buildings and riot police restortd tear gas to sub due inmates. this morning officials are back in control and moving some prisoners to other facilities as they try to find out what sparked the riot. >> right now we're happy to report to you that the facility is secure. the inmates are accounted for. we have minimal injuries which are still being assessed to the inmates. as far as we know right now, minimal if any injuries at all to any staff or department of corrections personnel. >> it turned out okay. in a statement released today

the kentucky governor praised the works of officials for containing that riot without loss of life or any injury there. a hiker in utah takes a bad fall into a narrow canyon and take a look. a helicopter managed to get him out. we have that dramatic rescue. while the government debates health care for millions of uninsured americans some people are doing something about it. it's our hero of the week. to sp. a lot of fortune 500 companies use him. but-- i'm your only employee. we're gonna start using fedex to ship globally-- that means billions of potential customers. we're gonna be huge. good morning! you know business is a lot like football... i just don't understand... i'm sorry dick butkus. (announcer) we understand. you want to grow internationally. fedex express

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all insurance. >> i've been unemployed and basically have no income. >> they told me i had breast cancer and die not have insurance, so i came here. >> if they have no insurance, and they have no money, what's going to happen to them? in 2003 i discovered that i had kidney cancer. i'm a nurse practitioner. but i had no health insurance. i was able to mortgage my house to pay for the surgery. if it can happen to me then certainly it can happen to anybody. i'm faith coleman. i co-founded a free clinic for americans who don't have health insurance. >> good morning everybody. >> we welcome every patient here who is uninsured and who meets the federal poverty guidelines. we see 80 patients every other weekend. we have controlled chaos. it's go, go, go.

having kidney cancer was one of the best things that ever happened to me. for the one main reason is because i can truly empathize with patients. >> any questions at all? i want to see you back here in two weeks. okay. awesome. >> we all have the same rights. i'm sorry the right to health care is just right up there with the rest of them. you can find out more about faith or any of our heroes work at our website. be sure to keep an eye out. in a few weeks we'll announce the top ten cnn heroes of 2009. among our top stories, dozens of wildfires are burning in greece. one major blaze appears to be closing in on the northern suburbs of athens. 65 fires have broken out since late yesterday and caught dry conditions. the government is warning more

fires are likely. in a sharply wordrd letter, fbi director robert muller is condemning scotland's decision to free that convicted terrorist. his letter to the scottish justice secretary called the release a mockery of the rule of law. abdel baset mohammed al megrahi had been serving life for the 1988 bombing of pan american flight over lockerbie, scotland. he was released this week on humanitarian grounds because he's dying of cancer. >> building the energy efficient home of the future, new homicide construction techniques save time, money and the environment. some lunch.

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just some of the new green technologies being used. and while modular homes can sometimes get a bad rap because of the way they are assembled. >> i would challenge you to find where the sections are in this house and they are so well built. >> reporter: all of the homes are built on an assembly line in new jersey. it makes sense building homes in a factory setting where the climate, labor force and critical tolerances can all be controlled. >> they are taken off the flat bed truck, erected like lego blocks on the foundation that was built before everything got here. >> reporter: each block is already 85% complete. >> sheetrock. two coats of primer on the walls. the kitchen cabinets are installed, the counter tops are installed, the faucets are installed, the stairways. >> reporter: a tankless water heater, dual flush toilets and this foot activated kitchen faucet all help conserve water. >> this saves about 3,000 gallons a year.

for most people leave the water running. >> all the homes are platinum and gold craft platinum as well as nahb gold certification. >> that all translates into money savings, thousands and thousands of dollars for the life cycle of your mortgage. >> reporter: jupiter says taking green to the next level is not only good for the environment but it also means more green in your pocket. >> all those holmes are also wired for renewable energy sources such as solar which can be added at a later time. >> that is really cool. modular home looks great. >> thank you, jacqui jeras. the crash for clunkers program officially ends monday night but a key group of car dealers is asking for one more we can to fill out that paperwork. the national automobile dealers association says the problems with the government's computers application system says many clunker dial deals can be submitted on time. they say that the extra week

will allow them to keep the program running through monday night. so you still have until monday night to get a deal done. four more u.s. banks went belly up including texas based guarantee bank making it the third largest of the year. the fdic says spain's secondest largest bank will buy guaranty, marking the third time that's happened this year. also shutting their door, capital south in alabama and in georgia, first coweta and ebank, bring the closures of this years total of failed banks to 81. if you can't stop surfing the web, you may be one of a growing number of people addicted to the internet. susan west of cnn affiliate kcpq in seattle reports on a rehab program pour cyber junkies. >> reporter: do you spend countless hours surfing the net? would you rather send an e-mail or a text message than meet in

person? do you sometimes fall asleep at your keyboard. if you answered yes to any of those questions, you may have an internet addiction. >> it fairly quickly got to the point where it was out of control. >> reporter: 19-year-old ben alexander is a talented musician, but he almost gave up his music and he even dropped out of the college in a quest to ma master world of warcraft. >> at most, it got up to about 16 or 17 hours a day. >> reporter: ben is an iowa teen addicted to internet gaming. he's already completed several addiction treatment brams in several different states and for the last 3 1/2 weeks has been part of an online detox program, the first of its kind now open in western washington. >> there's nothing wrong with being online until it starts interfering with what you want to get out of life. >> reporter: located on five acres just a few miles from

microsoft's head kwaurkts the restart internet addiction recovery program has opened its doors. >> we've really moved into an internet nation. >> reporter: the creators of restart say internet addiction is a growing problem affecting as much as 10% of the online prop lags. >> our program is designed for someone who has lost complete balance. everything is done online and the things they that they might have liked to do in real life, that they've forfeited doing those things. >> reporter: the 45-day program focuses on helping internet and video game addicts overcome their dependence on chatting, text i texting and others a sperktds of internet addiction by helping them get excited about things they used to be passionate about. now ben says he looks to the future, he wants to be a microbiologist and tutor kids and continue playing his violin. >> i think i've made a lot of progress towards just being able to get back to my life.

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in news across america now, a dramatic helicopter rescue took place in utah. a hiker fell off a ledge and into a narrow canyon on tuesday. in order to rescue him, drew crews had to land a chopper on a

ledge, rappel down, strap the hike tore a stretcher and pull him up. he's okay, but the fall knocked out most of his teeth. a crowd gaenged to watch a football practice in hawaii and watched in horror as a small plane crashed just behind the school gym. ohio police confirmed two police were killed, they were in the plane as it went down. these pictures capture the plane nose diving before it hit the ground there. at this moment, hurricane bill is about 350 miles south of nantucket, massachusetts and moving north. ireport video shows high winds an rough surf brought to bermuda. bill did cause some flooding on that island but no casualties have been reported. forecasters are now reporting people from new england to be on alert. let's go right to jacqui jeras who is tracking bill in the weather center. jacqui? >> about 350 miles away. those impacts are being felt here in the u.s. coastline.

take a look what's happening now. you can see the outer bands approaching the u.s. coastline, will really watch these waves continue to kick up as we head through the afternoon and evening hours. the winds right now, you know, where the real strong ones are, close torte center of the storm. so we're not feeling much other than a breeze for today, but as we head into late this evening and overnight tonight, we'll watch that bill make that close approach to the cape, we think that's going to happen for the most part during the hours that a you're going to be sleeping. landsfaul possible here yet over nova scotia and that will happen mid to late morning tomorrow, this storm look weakening and will be a category 1 at that time but still plenty of problems especially with those high surfs and strong winds. we are going to feel those across parts of cape. there you can see a look over nags head, north carolina, where we've had a lot of wave action for today. take a look at these numbers of how high the break, going to be. you're going to see waves like

this on the coastline but you get out enough to make you sea sick enough by boat and the threat of rip currents is so high you don't want to get out into the water. you want to stay into the coastal area. showers and thundershowers are been really heavy. you can see on our radar picture, they are moving across nantucket towards martha's vineyard. this is light but you're going to see wind gusts as squalls move through. there you can see showers and thundershowers inland due to the approaching cold front. we can thank that cold front from keeping bill at bay although we may see severe weather here across the carolinas and delmarva area. >> thank you so much. today for an entire hour we're answering yo questions about health care. fredricka whitfield is off today. joining me, angie